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that column also contains the word "none" in some cases. And in either case it is all just a judgement call people made for the conditions. The semantic sparri
by jackmott42 3y ago
that column also contains the word "none" in some cases. And in either case it is all just a judgement call people made for the conditions.
The semantic sparring over sex and gender has a pretty simple compromise, that people who want to say it is a spectrum and people who want to say it is binary should be able to agree on and be happy with:
it is a bimodal distribution
of course the problem is that is a nuanced idea and humans can't handle nuance. Maybe you can, and I can, but WE as a human group can't. We prefer to drive ourselves literally insane over the semantic argument. oh well.
- flippinburgers 3y agoThe idea has always been that it is essentially binary with edge cases.
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- yellowapple 3y ago"Always" to whom? There are countless cultures out there - both historical and contemporary - with non-binary interpretations of sex and/or gender.
- flippinburgers 3y agoFirst of all there are definitely a countable number of cultures... secondly ... well rolf.
- yellowapple 3y agoI mean, yes, the number of cultures is probably mathematically countable, but considering how quickly they split and merge and mix and such (and have been doing so for likely the entirety of human existence), do you really think it would be practical to do so? ;)
- plob 3y agoIf sex can be plotted as a bimodal distribution, then what do you believe is on the y-axis, and how do you measure this variable?
- digging 3y ago> it is a bimodal distribution this isn't something that most people are familiar with, especially people who tend to see things in binaries (not because they're stupid, but because they're trained to see the world in binaries, because it's the simplest classification system which makes it easy to manipulate by politicians and media).